Michelit Polynice, Orlando shooter, tried to run over ex-wife,

The violence scene in Orlando, off of International Drive, may have been the culmination of escalating violence between the man, Michelit Polynice, and his ex-wife.

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings served a domestic violence injunction Wednesday night in connection with incidents in Osceola and Orange counties.  In one of the cases, Polynice tried to run over Pierre with a vehicle, Demings said.

“It does stem from a relationship gone bad,” Demings said.  “A child is involved, but the child is in good health.”

An investigation is ongoing. Local 6 has learned Pierre had three children.

“Carlene was a very hard-working mother she was a single mother of three,” Pierre’s mother told Local 6 through a friend. Her mother said Pierre was employed at the front desk of the Quality Suites and attending nursing school so she could provide for her young daughters.

Pierre’s mother said she had serious concerns about Polynice and her relationship and that it became violent over time when their 2-year-old daughter was born.

“He’s very abusive very aggressive so she just did not want to remain in that situation,” said Michaelle Desruisseaux, a friend of Pierre’s.

Carlene Pierre

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